Tuesday, September 17, 2019

A MORNING'S FOREST RIVERSIDE WALK AND AN EXTRA LAZY AFTERNOON

Have to say right up front how much better I'm feeling after one of the best night's sleep in recent memory. Amazingly enough I didn't wake up or have to get up once during the whole night. Reason for my good sleep I attribute to two things. Made it a point not to drink anything after 7 o'clock and took a whole sleeping pill instead of half a sleeping pill. Say what you will about sleeping pills but they certainly do their job if and when needed.

An orangey pink sky through our tall pine trees at daybreak was encouraging and by the time Pheebs and I rolled out later we had a beautiful sunny September morning going for us. An encouraging start to the day.

TRAVELING THROUGH AN OLD OVERHEAD RAILWAY BRIDGE

PHEEBS CHECKS OUT A RIPENED BEAN FIELD AND DID YOU NOTICE SHE IS IN THIS PHOTO TWICE

A FARM LANE CUTS BETWEEN A CORN FIELD AND A FOREST

Another in a series of superb September mornings found us guys out crawling along a few country roads north of Holmesville Ontario. Our meanderings led us to the head of the Maitland Trail where we parked the Jeep and headed into the forest for a walk along a wide trail descending to the banks of the Maitland River. Had there been cars in the parking lot we would have breezed right on by. We've done this trail before taking photos along the way but it's been over a year so a few more refresher photos were in order.

THE WIDE TRAIL IS WELL MAINTAINED

HEADING DOWN TO THE RIVER

A NICE LITTLE PICNIC AREA CLOSE TO THE RIVER

A LONE TABLE FORK HAS BEEN LEFT BEHIND AS WELL AS A SMALL CHILD'S JACKET

Walking through a towering canopy of cedar trees it was almost like night time with very little sunlight penetrating the thick cedar boughs. This land is privately owned and maintained and it's nice to see how well it is looked after and kept nice for the public. The descending trail finally reaches the river bank and along this river valley there are no human sounds except maybe for a passing airplane far overhead. Always so nice to walk in nature's peaceful surroundings and not have one's thoughts interrupted by chattering people or noisy traffic.

LOOKING SOUTH ALONG THE MAITLAND RIVER

Home by 10 it was around 11 when I sat down for a minute in our sunroom's recliner. With sunlight beaming in the windows our sunroom is always the coziest place in the house to be. In what seemed like minutes of sitting down a jarring bell ringing noise suddenly and quite rudely informed me it was 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Those #!!%&**%!! telemarketers!!!! Where the hell do those jerks get off pressing a button that can make anybody's phone ring at any time of the day they like!!!!!!!

PHEEBS STANDS AT THE PATH LEADING BACK UP THE HILL

A LITTLE BIT OF A GENTLE CLIMB HERE

One of radiation's side effects is tiredness and I think today was the first day I experienced that. Of course with my normal tired spells coming and going all the time anyhow how would I know it to be any different. Well, that two hour sleep from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today told the tale.

AFTER COMING UP AN INCLINE WE STOPPED FOR A REST AT A BENCH ALONG THE WAY

'OH GEEEZZZZZ DAD I THINK I HEARD A BEAR OVER THERE'

GROANER'S CORNER:(( An artist asked the gallery owner if there had been any interest in his paintings on display at that time. "I have good news and bad news," the owner replied. "The good news is that a gentleman enquired about your work and wondered if it would appreciate in value after your death. When I told him it would, he bought all 15 of your paintings.""That's wonderful!" the artist exclaimed. "What's the bad news?" "The guy was your doctor." -------------------- My favorite exercise is a cross between a lunge and a crunch. It’s called lunch.-------------------Q: How did the bishop make holy water? A: He took some tap water and boiled the hell out of it.=================

Love that last photo of Pheebs--her wide eyes do look as if she sees something bad! And yes, Al, sleeping pills do the trick when you need some sleep--I don't take one very often but when I do--oh, my--the best sleep!

When I went thru my 20+ radiation treatments, I was advised to give myself 6 months to get back on my feet again. Well, at the 4 month mark I said I have got this made, I am back on my feet again. One of the (many) few times in my life I was wrong, wrong, wrong. It took me an extra couple of months just 'cause I thought I was ready to be back to normal at 4 months